"Wish for old memories" and famous movie soundtrack songs by Xuan Phuong

On the morning of November 29, the news that musician Xuan Phuong passed away at the age of 50 due to cancer left artists and fans heartbroken, shocked and regretful.

During his lifetime, the musician's compositions were associated with the memories of many audiences born in the 70s and 80s, and were chosen as theme songs for many popular TV series.

Mong ước kỷ niệm xưa và những ca khúc nhạc phim nổi tiếng của Xuân Phương - 1 — Musician Xuan Phuong (1973-2023) (Photo: Document).

Talking about the title "musician of songs in movies", Xuan Phuong when he was alive once said that he was very happy to be called that by everyone. It was recognition, the achievement he had achieved over many years, a feeling of honor, pride and a little pressure.

"I started writing film music in 1997 for the film Please Believe Me by director Do Thanh Hai. Since then, I have written for about 60 - 70 TV series. The title "musician of film songs" is the affection given to me by viewers who regularly watch VTV TV series," he said.

"Wish for old memories" (movie "Please believe me")

Please Believe Me by director Do Thanh Hai is a classic film about students. The film was adapted from the short story of the same name by writer Nguyen Thi Thu Hue, first broadcast in the Sunday Arts program in 1997 on VTV3 channel.

Although only 3 episodes long, Please Believe Me created a storm and left a deep and unforgettable impression on the 7X and 8X audiences at that time.

In particular, the movie soundtrack " Mong uoc ky niem xua" performed by the group Tam ca 3A has also become one of the "key" songs of many generations of students every season of saying goodbye to school and friends.

During his lifetime, musician Xuan Phuong said that "Mong uoc ky niem xua" was one of the songs that impressed him the most in his composing career.

He confided: "When I composed this song, I was very young, about 23-24 years old. At that time, I had just graduated from school so I had a lot of emotions and memories.

All the lyrics and melodies in the song seemed to be available in my head, my only task was to write them down into a complete song."

Director Do Thanh Hai once shared in the Rubic 8 program many years ago that, while making the film with musician Xuan Phuong, both of them worked based on their memories of their school days and did it naturally.

"I'm very happy that when the song was broadcast with the movie, it was loved by the majority of audiences and young people," he once said.

Song "Wishing for Old Memories" - soundtrack of the movie "Please Believe Me"

"Lullaby for Children" (movie "Savings")

Broadcast in 1998, the film Cua de danh by director Do Thanh Hai created a fever thanks to its realistic footage, carrying many humanistic values.

The song Lullaby for Children , composed by Xuan Phuong for the film and sung by singer Ha Tran, also became a song that left a lasting impression and has a certain place in the hearts of audiences to this day.

It is known that before composing , Xuan Phuong and the director went to Trang Tien bookstore to buy poems to set to music. The song was born from a poem by Van Thi Kieu Anh.

After more than a year of the film being broadcast, Xuan Phuong received a phone call from a poet from Ho Chi Minh City, saying: "I am the author of the poem you set to music. The song is very good."

The song "Lullaby for Children" from the movie "Cua De Danh" sung by Ha Tran (Video: Phuong Nam Film).

"Unspoken Words" (movie "The Sky Ahead")

The TV series "The Sky Ahead" (2001) not only had an attractive content for the audience, but the main song in the film, " Unspoken Words" with the clear, emotional voice of diva Ha Tran, was also very popular.

Since its release, this composition by musician Xuan Phuong quickly conquered audiences with its beautiful melody and sweet lyrics.

The lyrics convey the girl's feelings when "love is far away": "Even though you are by my side, I still know that I am only a flying bird. I will never have my beloved. My heart is filled with bitterness. Oh my love! Love is far away, burning my heart with passionate fire. Leaving me lonely with cold words. Even though it is only a longing and longing, I still know that in life there is a dream that will last forever."

It can be said that Xuan Phuong and director Do Thanh Hai are a perfect pair as all of Do Thanh Hai's films when he first started his career were associated with musician Xuan Phuong.

The Sky Ahead is the third film the two have worked on together.

Movie soundtrack "Ahead is the sky" - "Unspoken words" - performed by Ha Tran (Video: Youtube).

"If We Have to Be Apart" (movie "Undercurrent")

After a series of successful and well-known film soundtracks in collaboration with director Do Thanh Hai, Xuan Phuong received many invitations to collaborate with young directors.

When making the movie Underground Wave (aired in 2000), director Nguyen Huu Trong invited him to write a song. Reading the script, Xuan Phuong remixed his composition from 10 years ago - If We Must Be Separated .

The song performed by Minh Quan is one of the male singer's hits, bringing Minh Quan's name closer to the audience and making him more famous.

"The Second Woman" soundtrack of the same name

The song was composed by Xuan Phuong from the poem of the same name by poet Phan Thi Vinh Ha, referring to the mother-in-law - daughter-in-law relationship, expressing the feelings of a child.

The song is from the movie The Second Woman (2009), performed by Nguyen Ngoc Anh.

The feelings in the song touched the audience's emotions and were the catalyst for the film's success: "He can live with me for the rest of my life. He can also break up tomorrow, maybe. But he will love me for life. No matter what, I'm only the second person..."

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